Royal Blood – How Did We Get So Dark? Released June 16th, 2017 Much like its self-titled predecessor, How Did We Get So Dark? is another 40 minutes of Royal Blood exploring their home turf on 10 shamelessly melodic rock… Continue Reading
Fleet Foxes – Crack-Up Released June 16th, 2017 After frontman Robin Pecknold’s stint as a student at Columbia University, Fleet Foxes are back six years later to release their third full-length, Crack-Up. There are slightly different textures here (many more… Continue Reading
Rancid – Trouble Maker Released June 9th, 2017 It’s Rancid. If you’re a fan this album is exactly what you would expect, if you’re not a fan move along. They aren’t out to reinvent themselves at this point and why… Continue Reading
Cigarettes After Sex – Cigarettes After Sex Released June 9th, 2017 Brooklyn quartet Cigarettes After Sex’s self-titled debut album is an even-keeled, slowcore collection; so even-keeled that it borders on ambient. The echoing guitars, soft hi-hats, elastic basslines could easily… Continue Reading
Beach Fossils – Somersault Released June 2nd, 2017 “This year I told myself it’d be a better one,” croons Dustin Payseur on ‘This Year’, the opening track from Beach Fossils’ third album Somersault. It doesn’t sound like his promise to… Continue Reading
Marika Hackman – I’m Not Your Man Released June 2nd, 2017 On her debut record, 2015’s We Slept At Last, Marika Hackman emerged as a moody folk songwriter characterized by her literary lyrics and acoustic arrangements. London four-piece The Big… Continue Reading
Chastity Belt – I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone Released June 2nd, 2017 On the surface, I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone sounds like a band more at ease with themselves than ever. Chastity Belt couldn’t… Continue Reading
Charly Bliss – Guppy Released April 21st, 2017 Frontwoman Eva Hendricks channels her inner Kay Hanley (an admitted influence) on Charly Bliss’ full-length debut album, Guppy. The Brooklyn-based quartet (Eva Hendricks on vocals and guitar, brother Sam Hendricks on drums,… Continue Reading
Arca – Arca Released March 31st, 2017 Though described by one critic as “one of this generation’s most forward-thinking electronic musicians” and another trying to convince you that Arca is ” Transmuting the hopelessly bittersweet suffering and anguish of life… Continue Reading
Mastodon – Emperor of Sand Released March 31st, 2017 Emperor Of Sand stands as the best full-length example of their attempts to marriage their stoner riffs to their prog interests. As a result both the disgruntled diehards who prefer “the early… Continue Reading